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Sunan Abi Dawud 5167 (Book 43, Hadith 395) #25458
Setting Slaves Free When Well Off

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught that if a person slaps a slave, they should be set free when the owner becomes well off.

Narrated Mu'awiyah ibn Suwayd ibn Muqarrin: I slapped a freed slave of ours. My father called him and me and said: Take retaliation on him. We, the people of Banu Muqarrin, were seven during the time of the Prophet ,and we had only a female servant. A man of us slapped her. The Messenger of Allah said: Set her free. They said: We have no other servant than her. He said: She must serve them till they become well off. When they become well off, they should set her free.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُهَيْلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ، قَالَ لَطَمْتُ مَوْلًى لَنَا فَدَعَاهُ أَبِي وَدَعَانِي فَقَالَ اقْتَصَّ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّا مَعْشَرَ بَنِي مُقَرِّنٍ كُنَّا سَبْعَةً عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ وَلَيْسَ لَنَا إِلاَّ خَادِمٌ ‏.‏ فَلَطَمَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ أَعْتِقُوهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَنَا خَادِمٌ غَيْرَهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَلْتَخْدُمْهُمْ حَتَّى يَسْتَغْنُوا فَإِذَا اسْتَغْنَوْا فَلْيُعْتِقُوهَا

TOPICS
slavery  *  retaliation  *  freedom  *  iqtaa  *  uqba  *  islahan  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Treat your slaves with respect and kindness; do not take advantage of them; forgive those who have wronged you; show mercy towards others regardless of their social status or position in life.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It tells us that if someone slaps a slave, they should be set free when the owner becomes well off. This teaches us to treat our slaves with respect and kindness and to not take advantage of them. It also teaches us that we should not retaliate against those who have wronged us but instead forgive them and show mercy. We can learn from this hadith that it is important to treat everyone with respect regardless of their social status or position in life.

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